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A US Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft assigned to the 494th Fighter Squadron (FS), Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, armed with AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM); AIM-9 Sidewinders Missiles; GBU-12 500-pound bombs, and a GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM), in flight over the skies of Iraq on a combat sortie in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

An F-15E Strike Eagle, 366th Air Expeditionary Wing, 391st Fighter Squadron, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, taxies to the runway at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, as it heads out for its first bombing mission into Afghanistan, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. It is equipped with the LANTRIN Navigation and Targeting System pod and carries two racks of GBU-12 500-pound bombs with CCG MAU-169 guidance system, AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) and AIM-9 Sidewinders, and 600-gallon drop tanks

An F-15E Strike Eagle, 366th Air Expeditionary Wing, 391st Fighter Squadron, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, taxies past a razor wire barrier toward the runway at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, as it heads out for its first bombing mission into Afghanistan, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. It is equipped with the LANTRIN Navigation and Targeting System pod and carries two racks of GBU-12 500-pound bombs with CCG MAU-169 guidance system, AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) and AIM-9 Sidewinders, and 600-gallon drop tanks

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagle fighter, 391st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB), Idaho (ID), piloted by USAF Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Stephen Rusin and Weapons Systems Officer (WSO) USAF Major (MAJ) Timothy Lewis, receives fuel from a tanker above Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Strike Eagle is armed with AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM), AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, and GBU-16 1,000-pound bombs. It is also equipped with an AN/AAQ-28(V) LITENING AT targeting pod

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft assigned to the 494th Fighter Squadron (FS), Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, United Kingdom (UK), performs a right wing over banking maneuver over the Utah Test and Training Range during Exercise Combat Hammer, a Weapon System Evaluation Program conducted at Hill Air Force Base (AFB), Utah (UT). The aircraft is armed with AGM-130 Missiles and AIM-9 Sidewinder Missiles

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16CJ Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 555th FS (Fighter Squadron), armed with AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM), GBU-12 500-pound bombs, and a GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM), photographed following at refueling mission flown over Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15C Eagle, 1ST Fighter Wing (FW), Langley Air Force Base (AFB), Virginia (VA), in flight over the Mediterranean Sea on it's first leg back home after participating in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM from a forward operating base (FOB). The Eagle is armed with AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15C Eagle aircraft from the 123rd Fighter Squadron (FS), Oregon (OR) Air National Guard (ANG), in flight over Northwestern Florida (FL), during exercise Combat Archer, a Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP) hosted by the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron located at Tyndall, AFB, Florida (FL). The aircraft is armed with two AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) and a AIM-9 Sidewinder Missile

An F-15 Eagle from the 173rd Fighter Wing (FW), Oregon Air National Guard (OANG), deployed to the 162nd FW, Arizona Air National Guard (AZANG) for dissimilar air combat training (DACT), awaits take off. The 162nd FW flies the F-16 Fighting Falcon, note the painting on the hanger door in the background. The Eagle is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinders and AIM-120A Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM)

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft assigned to the 4th Fighter Wing (FW), deployed with the 336th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), is armed with AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles, GBU-12 500-pound bombs and GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM), as it executes a left wing over banking maneuver, over the mountains and high desert of Afghanistan in support of Operation Mountain Lion, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

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Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Scene Camera Operator: Msgt Lance Cheung, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Derek Warren, with the 555th Fighter Squadron (FS), secures the lanyard on a Guided Bomb Unit-12 (GBU-12) Paveway II on a pylon during a Quarterly Weapons Load Competition

An F-16 Fighting Falcon Block 52 aircraft from the 157th Fighter Squadron, 169th Fighter Wing, McEntire Air National Guard Station, South Carolina, in flight. The aircraft is armed with AGM-88 HARM's (high-speed anti-radiation missile), AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles and AIM-120 AMRAAM's (advanced medium-range air-to-air missile). Another F-16 can be seen in the distance

U.S. Air Force Col. Lucas Teel, 366th Fighter Wing

A US Marine Corps (USMC) AV-8B Harrier jet, Marine Attack Squadron-513 (VMA-513), Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma, Arizona (AZ), takes off from Bagram Air Base (AB), Afghanistan. The Harrier is carrying a 1,000-pound GBU (Guided Bomb Unit)-16 and a four-rocket launcher pod. US Marines are currently deployed to Southwest Asia in support of Operations ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Christopher Redmond, from the 355th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, performs swaying to a Guided Bomb Unit 12 (GBU-12) Paveway II laer-guided weapon on an A/OA-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during the Load Crew of the Quarter competition at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., on Jan. 10, 2005. (USAF PHOTO by AIRMAN 1ST Class Christina D. Kinsey) (Released)

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U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Emmanuel Smith a Ammunition Maintenance Technician, assembles a back side panel on a GBU-15, 2000-pound precision-guided munitions, while deployed with the 3rd Air Expeditionary Group at at Kwang-Ju Air Base, Republic of Korea, on September 9, 2004. (U.S. Air Force photo by STAFF SGT. Steven R. Nabor) (Released)

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An Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) before it is dropped into a "Catcher's Mitt" during a ground ejection test from the wing of an F-14A Tomcat aircraft at the Pacific Missile Test Center

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US Air Force (USAF) General (GEN) John P. Jumper, CHIEF of STAFF of the Air Force (CSAF), shakes hands and talks with Maintainers from the 391st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS). General Jumper, accompanied by the CHIEF MASTER Sergeant of the Air Force (CMSAF) Gerald Murray (far left), for a three-day visit to the base during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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air force usaf aircraft expeditionary expeditionary fighter squadron efs aim medium range medium range missiles gbu bombs joint munitions attack munitions jdam maneuver mountains desert afghanistan lion operation mountain lion operation enduring freedom military operations us air force enduring freedom gbu 12 paveway ii f 15 eagle f 15 high resolution gbu 31 joint direct attack munitions medium range air to air missiles operation msgt lance cheung aviation air to air missile military aircraft jet aircraft fighter jet aircraft public domain aircraft photos us national archives attack aircraft fighter squadron f 15e